Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Fabric Workshop and Museum showcases fabric and mixed media work by artists of great international renown as well as local and outsider artists.
Rome, Italy
Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
A seismograph and a bunker from the Cold War still sit under this university building.
Porto, Portugal
Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.
Labruge, Portugal
Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.
Lazarim, Portugal
One of the few places in Portugal where the Celtic ritual of wearing large wooden masks is still practiced.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Évora, Portugal
"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.
São Miguel, Portugal
Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.
Pico, Portugal
As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.
São Jorge, Portugal
Bits of flat terrain surrounded by cliffs make one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Azores.
São Miguel, Portugal
One artist's collection of homemade handicrafts doubles as a monument to 20th-century material culture.
Monte, Portugal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
São Miguel, Portugal
When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.
São Miguel, Portugal
This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
Neskowin, Oregon
The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.